What happens to your green ID book when you get a Smart ID card? What you need to know
Over 100,000 applications were processed by the three banks that had rolled out branches in the programme within two months
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When the smart ID card was introduced in 2013, the original plan was to phase out the 38 million green ID books in circulation at the time within eight years. By the end of 2025, about 29 million smart ID cards had been issued, only about 76% of the target it had hoped to reach four years earlier.
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When the smart ID card was introduced in 2013, the original plan was to phase out the 38 million green ID books in circulation at the time within eight years.
according to IOL (Independent Online)By the end of 2025, about 29 million smart ID cards had been issued, only about 76% of the target it had hoped to reach four years earlier.
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